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What does Read & Write do?

textHELP Read & Write software provides help to people with reading and writing difficulties. For example, you can listen to text being read aloud in Microsoft Word documents, emails, web pages or PDF documents. It has word highlighting to help with word recognition, as well as many easy-to-use facilities to help you construct words and sentences.

The textHELP Read & Write toolbar includes very helpful, short video tutorials for each of its features. Please see the Quick link for further details.

Where can I access Read & Write?

Read & Write is available on all PCs (running the CiCS Managed Desktop) within the Information Commons and the Library.

How do I access Read & Write?

Click on the Start button on the PC desktop and look in All Programs to check if Read & Write is already listed.  If it is, it means that it has already been installed.

If it has already been installed:

Click on Text Help Read & Write in the list and then on the subfolder Read & Write 10 which appears.  The software will then open.

If it has not already been installed:

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